Hi Sarah, Just a word of warning about migrating Time Machine backups in Lion. You might want to read through the current reader reports discussions about Time Machine under Lion at the macintouch web site: http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/lion/ The issue is that if you have been using a third-party NAS device for Time Machine backups, it may not support Time Machine under Lion due to enforcement of AFP authentication. Even though the standards for Time Machine support have been previously published, in the past many devices could support Time Machine without being fully compliant with the specifications, that are now required for Lion. So you should check whether your NAS devices (other than Time Capsule) have firmware updates or other notes about support with Lion.
Also, I recall that nearly two years ago on this list, Dane asked about USB modem support for dial-up and FAX, and I pointed him to Macintouch discussions about using a Zoom USB modem (or other device that had 64-bit support) in favor of the Apple (32-bit) modems that were then being discontinued. This was also discussed in the above Lion related pages: <begin quote> Benoit Evans David Charlap asked: "Is it the modem or dial-up connectivity [that Apple dropped]?" Apple dropped its USB add-on 32-bit modem from their hardware product line. Everything else related to using the modem (e.g., dial-up connectivity and file faxing) still works if you have a suitable third-party USB 64-bit modem. One that works is the USRobotics USR 5627 (available from Amazon and other vendors). <end quote> Here are a few representative excerpted quotes on the subject of Lion Time Machine backup on other devices from the last few days: <begin quote> Thomas Armbrüster There are two problems with Lion and 3rd-party NAS devices. First is the new authentication method, which in some cases prohibit to mount the NAS. Second is Time Machine, which is a completely different case. Since 2009 Apple had made public its Time Machine Network Interface Specification, which you can get in the developer documentation. And no NAS I have seen and tested in the last year did comply with this specification except Time Capsule. So, even if, in the past, Time Machine worked with the 3rd-party NAS devices, it was not supported by Apple, but tolerated. And Lion now takes it seriously. <end quote> <begin quote> Aaron Pressman So in regards to all kinds of server connections, especially NAS and non-Mac servers, Apple has really fallen down in the customer communication department. With little publicity, Apple has disabled many of the popular and long-used authentication methods that non-Mac servers rely such as Cleartxt Passwrd, MS2.0, 2-Way Randnum exchange, and DHCAST128. Lion Macs will only, by default, out of the box, authenticate via DHX2. Good news: you can restore some of the other methods by mucking with the terminal. See: Lion Server: Connecting to legacy AFP services <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4700> Also, NAS makers are updating their software. But this seems like a change affecting an awful lot of people and Apple should have been more up-front about it. More background can be read here http://macwindows.com/TIP-Workaround-Lion-AFP-NAS.html and here http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388928,00.asp <end quote> <begin quote> Meta Sienkiewicz I will affirm that the manufacturer of my NAS hardware is working on firmware updates to make their equipment compatible with Lion and Time Machine. Today my Buffalo Tech LinkStation Live let me know there was a new firmware update. I went to the website to see what that was about and found that besides the current update there was also a Beta firmware that said it "Fixed the problem that Time Machine backup could not be performed on Mac OS X v10.7 Lion." I am still running Leopard and Snow Leopard so will not need this right away but it is good to know Buffalo Tech is working to make things compatible for when I do update/upgrade my Macs. <end quote> <begin quote> MacInTouch Upgrading to Mac OS X Lion (OS X 10.7) FAQ [Drobo Technical Support] <http://support.drobo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/602> Comment Richard Barrett I have a DataRobotics Drobo FS NAS bought, in part, because I wanted to use it as a LAN Time Machine backup repository. I was initially concerned about reports of Time Machine incompatibility with various NAS devices due to AFP. The Drobo firmware update 1.2.0 described here resolved the problem: http://www.drobo.com/support/updates/firmware/Release_Notes_Drobo_FS_Firmware_1.2.0.pdf I now have a machine running Lion and others running Snow Leopard coexisting on my LAN and sharing the Time Machine partition on the Drobo FS. <end quote> This is only meant to be a representative selection to outline some of the issues. Anyone who is really interested in the details of support for NAS devices should go read the full discussion pages. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Aug 2, 2011, at 19:57, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I could have used this! but here ya go! > > Migrate Time Machine backup to new Mac in Lion > > One of the unsung features of Lion is the ability to migrate a Time Machine > backup from an old Mac to a new one. > > http://macw.us/nw8d7I <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
